India Arie is known primarily for singing songs that promote self-acceptance and black beauty, such as "I Am Not My Hair" which has the chorus, "I am not my hair/I am not this skin/I am not your expectations no no/ I am a soul that lives within.

The top ten favourites: 1 Famous Five 2 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 3 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 4 Black Beauty 5 Winnie the Pooh 6 Alice in Wonderland 7 The BFG 8 The Wind in the Willows 9 Mr Men series 10 Matilda.

A SPECTACULAR open-air theatrical production of Anna Sewell's hugely popular book Black Beauty tours some of the most magnificent heritage and country houses in Britain this summer, including Cheshire's Capesthorne Hall.

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